With the explosive growth of extreme right-wing
programming on shortwave, the medium's only response to this remarkable phenomenon has
experienced some growth as well. After over two years of producing half-hour studio
editions of the Far Right Radio Review, RFPI began producing the program live for an hour
per week on April 23rd. Each edition features an interview with an activist or researcher
working in an area of concern, followed by presentation of research conducted at the
station and calls from listeners. At the beginning of July, this was expanded into a new
program, the Global Community Forum , produced live each Tuesday and Thursday evening.

While this amount of airtime certainly does not equal that
of the scapegoating reactionaries on other stations, it has clearly had a profound effect.
We are pleased to be able to provide a forum in which progressive issues can be discussed
by both renowned scholars and the wide variety of people who make up the shortwave
listening community. We are proud to report the following list of guests on our program in
its first four months.

Beyond having a healthy discussion of the issues, we also
encourage our listeners to take part in the activities of the organizations with which we
are affiliated. We strongly endorse the groups whose spokespeople we invite onto the
program.

The growing movement of individuals and organizations
working for social and environmental justice has often been criticized for being
disjointed. Anti-nuclear activists have not done well at aligning themselves with
children's rights advocates, corporate accountability campaigners with women's
organizations, or anti-racist groups with environmental workers. Yet nuclear radiation
hurts children most, women are the first victims of corporate abuses, and industrial
pollution is concentrated in communities of color. It's all one struggle, and we need to
make those bonds that will allow the strength of our numbers to show itself. The first
step is to write for information from the organizations that already exist and are ready
to work with you.

Many thanks to all of you who have enabled such a great
list of people to take part in our program. With your continued support, the world's only
progressive shortwave talk radio program will be able to expand this list to even greater
heights.